Message #51422

[spitfire78]

I must say I've been divided in my head over this whole issue.  One part of me says that if the husband doesn't want this any more, why doesn't he just divorce her and let her family take over her care.  (and there are questions as to whether Terri really ever said that to him or not and questions about whether their marriage was really solid anyway.)

The other part of me says that she will probably never get any better, and what person would want to be kept alive like that (after all it's just breathing but not really "living").  

And somehow in my mind it seems worse to remove the tube once it is in place than to never have put it in in the first place, which is kind of screwy thinking too, I guess.

I just don't know - as I said my thoughts are really jumbled.  One thing I'm pretty clear on is that I don't like the way the government has become involved in all of this.  I think this should be a personal choice and government should not be involved.  After all, how would our government ever function if other personal decisions made by citizens went through this process?  And yet, if I were the Shindlers and I truly felt it was wrong and that this man was trying to "kill" my daughter/sister, I would certainly try everything I could to save her.

Ahh - I just can't figure out where I stand on this...